FULL LINE AT BIG BEAR SHOOT;
Over 100 archers from Ballyvally Archery Club filled te line at the traditional Summer “Big Bear Shoot”. This takes place annually at the wend of the indoor season in Banbridge Leisure centre and is shot on paper Swedish animal faces in preparation for the Summer and Autumn shoots out in the wooded courses the first of which was in the second week of June at Loughbrickland. The archers shot at 20 targets in three separate details and the round was a National Animal Round.

HAMILTONS WIN FAMILY TEAM COMPETITION;
One of the highlights of Ballyvally’s indoor shoots is the family team competition where scores can be very tight! This year was no different with the Hamilton team A scoring 435 to top the poll. They were composed of father Nigel and son Dean and they just finished 5 points ahead of the McCreery’s [Robert and Craig]. The Hamiltons scored 435 and the McCreery’s 430. In 3rd position were the Lennons [Damien and frank] on 424 followed by the Corbetts [Gary and Matthew] and the Quailes [Maggie and Megan] Overall after 3 indoor competitions the lead is shared between The Lennons , the McCreerys and the Corbetts all on maximum 9 points. The wards and the Pattersons are close behind on 8 points. With only two shoots to go [The Hallowe’en and the Santa Shoot] it looks like being a very close finish! The junior team competition was won by the team of Shannon Russell-Cowan, Craig McCreery and Rory Shannon with 634 points.

EDGEWATER CARAVAN PARK SPONSORSHIP.;
The event was sponsored by Edgewater Caravan Park of Tyrella courtesy of Mr Loren O’Neill. Ballyvally archers greatly appreciate the sponsorship which helps fund the medals and all the prizes. Ballyvally would also like to thank the team who came early to set up the hall and the registration team who took all the entries and organised the scores very efficiently at the end of the tournament. Robert Nesbitt was Chief Judge for the event assisted by Ashley Russell-Cowan, Deidre Shannon and Lewis Gamble. Thanks are also due to three girls who designed all the numbers [as bear’s paws] and also ingeniously designed the knock-out targets also as BIG bear’s paws!. They were Stephanie Shannon, Shannon Russell-Cowan and Morgan Russell-Cowan.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
Some very good scores were recorded in the cubs classes under 10 years. The overall best girl was Megan Quaile [195] and the overall best boy was Joel Reid [210]Mark Cowan [aged 5] won nthe class for 5 year olds with 160 points. Mark’s shooting has come on extremely well in the past few months. Luke McConnell and Rhys walker won the classes for 6 and 7 year olds while Molly Stevenson and Joel Reid won the class for 8 year olds. Megan Quaile and Maisie Gibson did well in the class for 9 years in the girls section and Nathan Liggett [190] just pipped Rhys Morgan for gold in that class. Both shot 180 but Nathan had only one miss And Rhys had 2 misses. It was that close. For 3rd place it was the same with James Beckett and Daniel McElroy both shooting 185 and both missing 2 arrows! The winner was decided on kills and James had 15 kills and Daniel only 14 kilss…now that’s close! In the under 13 years, top girl was Lauren Corbett [190] and top boy was Craig McCreery [225] Stephanie Shannon and Cameron Allison won the 10 year old class, and Morgan Russell-Cowan and Shannon Graham ended up with the same score of 135 and had to be separated. Both had 5 misses but Morgan had 8 kills and Shannon had 6 kills thus giving Morgan the gold. Lauren Corbett won the 12 years gils class and Frank lennon the boys section. Top girl in the under 18 class was Shannon Russell-Cowan [220] and top boy was Samuel Cummings [250]

SENIOR WINNERS. MARK AND PHILIP DRAW.
With nearly 50 seniors entered scores were always going to be close and so it proved! In the less experienced class, Maggie Quaile [220] came tops and Mark McConnell and Philip Beckett [both 215] shared the top gents score. They could not be separated having both shot 215, both had 1 miss and both had 20 kills! 2nd in the ladies was Joanne Walker [200] 3rd Lisa McConnell [190] and 4TH Angela Cowan [150] In the gents section following Philip and Mark were Robert Mathers [210] in 2nd place, Damien Lennon 3rd [209] and Robert McCreery 4th [205] In the more experienced section, the top lady was Jacqui Shilliday [320] and top gent was Paul Wheeler [260] 2nd lady was Valerie Sleith [230] 3rd lady Marion Patterson [220] and 4th Bernie Scullion [190] 2nd gent was Rune Naeri [230] and 3rd was Nigel Hamilton [225]

THE KNOCK-OUT:
The most exciting feature of Ballyvally’s club competitions is the knock-out at the end. This year it was shot on specially designed bear’s paws! It is a sudden death competition as archers are eliminated until there’s only one left in each category. Molly Stevenson and Joel Reid won the under 9 class, Stephanie Shannon and Adam Walker the under 11 class, Shannon Graham and Craig McCreery the under 13 class and Mark Nesbitt and Shannon Russell-Cowan the under 18 class. Ross McLaughlin won the sighted class, Bernie scullion and Valerie Sleith the ladies classes, Frank mulligan and Robert Mathers the gents classes and Micheal Wheatley the longbow classes.

LADY PARMOUNT PRIZES.
Special trophies were awarded to Emma Leeper and Louis Jackson for their concentration, following of rules and skills. Ross Clarke and Natasha Graham were runners up.

SUMMER ARCHERY:
Summer archery continues this Wednesday night on the club’s wooded course. Club members are reminded to get their applications in for the Summer archery coaching course in July and also that the squad places are limited for the trip to Kendal in August to shoot in the UK Junior Field Championships

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